diff -p -up ghex-2.24.0/src/ui.c.format-strings ghex-2.24.0/src/ui.c
--- ghex-2.24.0/src/ui.c.format-strings	2008-08-13 05:58:20.000000000 +0200
+++ ghex-2.24.0/src/ui.c	2009-02-19 07:28:12.000000000 +0100
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ display_error_dialog (GHexWindow *win, c
 			GTK_DIALOG_MODAL | GTK_DIALOG_DESTROY_WITH_PARENT,
 			GTK_MESSAGE_ERROR,
 			GTK_BUTTONS_OK,
-			msg);
+			"%s", msg);
 
 	gtk_dialog_set_default_response (GTK_DIALOG (error_dlg), GTK_RESPONSE_OK);
 	gtk_window_set_resizable (GTK_WINDOW (error_dlg), FALSE);
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ display_info_dialog (GHexWindow *win, co
 			GTK_DIALOG_MODAL | GTK_DIALOG_DESTROY_WITH_PARENT,
 			GTK_MESSAGE_ERROR,
 			GTK_BUTTONS_OK,
-			real_msg);
+			"%s", real_msg);
 	g_free(real_msg);
 
 	gtk_dialog_set_default_response (GTK_DIALOG (info_dlg), GTK_RESPONSE_OK);